Clip for vehicle-wheels



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R. MELOY.

CLIP EOE VEHICLE WHEELS. No. 308,622. PatentedDeaZ, 18484.

l'vzly NiTED STATES PATENT Orinoo RICHARD 'MELOY, OF MEMPHIS, INDIANA.

CLiP FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,622, dated December 2, 1884.

Application lled April 22, 1884.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD MELoY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Clark and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips for Wagon and '.BuggyWlleels,v of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in clips for wagon and buggy wheels, and has for its object to add to the strength ofthe joint in the fellies of wheels of wheeled vehicles. This object is attained by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partv of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a detached view of a clip. Fig. 2 is a sectional view and shows the ends of fellies with some parts broken away. Fig. 3 is an end View. Fig. iis a modification. Fig. 5 is a modification in which the body A does not extend to the outside of the tire. Fig. 6 is a View of one of the end pieces, A.

The letter A indicates the body of the clip, which is to be made, preferably, of malleable cast-iron.

A are pieces of tapered for1n,which extend in each direction from the main or body portion of the clip, and are intended to iit over.

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the rounded inner part of the i'ellies, and may form apart of the casting or be attached thereto by pins or dowels a.

B is a partition provided with dowels B',

which enter suitable openings in the ends ot' shaped opening or slot in the tire C, and there' by prevents the tire from slipping off the periphery of the wheel.

Havingdescribed my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, and claim,

The combination, ina wheel, with atire, C, having rectangular openings, of a clip, A, having rectangular lugs A", adapted to fit into said openings, said clip having partition B, provided with pins B', and elongated tapering points A', with fellies G, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD MELOY.

Witnesses: I

JAMES T. HIEsTAND, H. C. BRIDGEWATER. 

